Friday, 19 September
2014
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| Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo |
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| Mt Franklin |
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| Still waiting for independence |
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| Hyacinths and cyclamens |
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| Primulas |
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| Prime Ministers' Walk - busts of all Australia's PMs |
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| Interesting comments re Kevin |
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| Lake Wendouree ducks |
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| Swan warming its foot |
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| Musk duck |
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| Daisy, daisy ... |
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| A modern stockade |
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| Eureka Stockade Memorial |
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| Site of Stockade |
The mornings are getting colder! We left Echuca this morning, with Ballarat
our next stopover. The clear, blue skies
quickly clouded over and watching the temperature drop was even more exciting
that watching the fuel gauge drop.
The countryside was lush and flat as far as Bendigo, with lots of very contented cows and
happy sheep with newborn lambs in tow. Bendigo was our first big city since leaving Cairns, with the
exception probably of Dubbo. Lots of
traffic and lots of old gold diggings as we travelled through the central
goldfields of Victoria. Although we didn’t stop, we did drive through
the pleasant looking town of Daylesford;
we also passed Mt Franklin (home of the water?).
We arrived at the Big4 Goldfields Caravan Park just been
noon and a very cheerful and helpful trainee checked us in and took us
personally to our site. The park is very
nice (no big gum trees overhead), with a large site and slab for us – and the
amenities block is heated!!! Me thinks
it must get cold here.
This afternoon, our first stop was at Jayco for some new
towing mirrors. Someone has been complaining
for the last three months that the passenger side mirror wont stay fixed in
place, and with Melbourne
not far away, he decided a new set was called for. We then stopped at Lake Wendouree
for a visit to the Botanic Gardens and a wander along the lake. A fisherman trying his luck assured us there
were large brown and rainbow trout in the lake.
After battling the manic drivers in the supermarket car park, we ended
up at the Eureka Stockade.
With Sovereign Hill just across the street and up the hill a
couple of hundred metres, we have decided to revisit this site tomorrow.
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